The Significance: Advent wreath

While several people may affix a wreath to their front door, it is doubtful if many truly are aware of the significance of Advent. Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas, when Christians traditionally mark this period by fasting and penitence. It historically marked the anticipation of the birth of Christ as prophesied by Isaiah and other prophets in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Today, Christians may also use the four weeks of Advent to meditate on the second coming of Jesus as proclaimed in the New Testament. Advent is our time to become more involved, more caught up in the meaning and the possibilities of life as a Christian community. Thus we are preparing not only for Christmas but also for Christ's Second Coming. This means that when He comes again, we will be awake and watchful. He will not find us asleep.

 

The process is not necessarily the swiftest but overall it does look nice in the end

CDM Parish Bulletin_Vol59_Colour[1] (shortened article, but still, this one is ALL MINE!!!!!)

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While several people may affix a wreath to their front door, it is doubtful if many truly are aware of the significance of Advent

Advent is the four weeks leading up to Christmas. Christians traditionally marked this period by fasting and penitence. The word "Advent" comes from the Latin "advenio," meaning the coming, or arrival of an important person or holiday.

Advent historically marked the anticipation of the birth of Christ as prophesied by Isaiah and other prophets in the Old Testament of the Holy Bible. Today, Christians may also use the four weeks of Advent to meditate on the second coming of Jesus as proclaimed in the New Testament.

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The vision of life that Advent gives us is twofold; it looks back to the first coming of Christ at Bethlehem, and it looks to the future when Christ will come again. In the interval between these two events we find meaning for our life as a Christian

Advent is our time to become more involved, more caught up in the meaning and the possibilities of life as a Christian community. Thus we are preparing not only for Christmas but also for Christ's Second Coming. This means that when he comes again, we will be awake and watchful. He will not find us asleep.